Chapter 133: Admissions

　　They had a hot meal as soon as they got off the car, and at night they lay in the guest room of the west wing, lying on the newly changed bedding that smelled of soap and was kept warm.

　　Gu Nianwei and the other two lay flat together. Gu Nianwei said to Jiang Youtao, "The Fu family is really nice."

　　As a person who traveled through the 21st century, they have seen on the Internet the experiences of many girls who went to their future in-laws' house for the first time. Whether a family values their future daughter-in-law or not can be seen from the first reception.

　　It was already midnight, and the Fu family was waiting for them to arrive before having dinner together. They gave them big red envelopes before the meal, which definitely showed great respect to Jiang Youtao.

　　Before going to bed, Jiang Youtao took out the two red envelopes and looked at them.

　　The red envelope given by Jian Rou was 68 yuan, and the one given by Shao Qing was 168, both of which are auspicious numbers.

　　In this era, 68 is almost a month's salary, and 168 is not a small amount. Many people in rural areas do not dare to ask for such a large amount of dowry when marrying a wife.

　　The Fu family must be satisfied with Jiang Youtao since they gave so many red envelopes.

　　Jiang Youtao had a smile on her face, and she looked relaxed and happy. After hearing what Gu Nianwei said, she smiled and said, "Go to sleep, we still have to go to school tomorrow."

　　Everyone was very tired and fell asleep in bed after a while. The feeling of sleeping on the train is completely different from sleeping in the room. After sleeping on the train, people wake up with back pain, but after sleeping at home, they just feel refreshed.

　　The next morning, Gu Nianwei and her friends were going to school. This was the first time they had sent their children to school in many years, and Shao Qing and others were particularly excited.

　　Jian Rou and Fu Shaoguo also took the exam. They never gave up studying, but due to their circumstances, they had not studied much in recent years, so they failed this time.

　　The two were not discouraged. Now, except when they were at work, they spent all their time studying with books. As soon as they got up this morning, Fu Shaohua had already been asked many questions by the two.

　　Fu Shaohua has a solid foundation in basic skills. He has been studying with Jiang Youtao over the years, so those questions are not difficult for him.

　　Jiang Youtao had her review notes. After she knew that Fu Shaohua's brother and sister-in-law were also taking the college entrance exam, she didn't give them to anyone. This time, she put them in a box and brought them with her. Before leaving Fu's house, she gave her notes to Jian Rou, and Gu Nianwei and Xu Manqiu also gave theirs. Jian Rou was holding three precious review materials. She was so moved that she burst into tears.

　　She had wanted to ask Jiang Youtao and the others for the materials a long time ago, but she was afraid that they had already given the study materials to someone else, which would make both parties embarrassed. Unexpectedly, Jiang Youtao gave them to her without her asking.

　　"Taotao, thank you."

　　Jiang Youtao was very happy that the gift she gave was sincerely liked, "As long as you like it."

　　Jian Rou said, "How could I not like it? There are several people in our alley who have been admitted to universities, and they have to pay for their study materials now. They are admitted to ordinary universities, and you are a student of Capital University. If word gets out, I'm afraid you will have to sell your materials for ten yuan a copy."

　　This was a way of making money that Jiang Youtao had never thought of, so she smiled. Gu Nianwei and the others were also very happy.

　　"Let's go, let's go, everything is packed." Fu Shaohua came in and said.

　　Capital University has a long history. This year is the first year for the school to recruit students. Since the first batch of admission letters were sent out, students have been reporting in one after another. The school's faculty and staff have not yet been fully prepared, so they took the initiative and enthusiastically started the welcoming work.

　　After reporting to the reporting office, the group first went to Jiang Youtao and her roommates' dormitory.

　　Because there are not many students, they live according to their classes. Jiang Youtao studied computer science in her previous life, and after graduation she found a job working 007, 996, which made her hair fall out in clumps. (TL's Note: the meaning for 007, 996 is at the end of the chapter "Author's Thought" as it's a long note.)

　　Considering that 80% of the heroines in countless period novels choose literature as their major, Jiang Youtao chose it without hesitation. Gu Nianwei didn't care which major she chose. She had already decided to join the Women's Federation after graduation and just lie down and collect rent at home.

　　Fu Shaohua chose the history department. He had always had a strong interest in history, and this was a good opportunity for him to study it systematically.

　　Xu Manqiu chose mathematics without a doubt. She liked the feeling of satisfaction after solving a difficult problem.

　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei were assigned to the same dormitory. The dormitory of the Department of Mathematics was right next to theirs and could be seen as soon as they opened the door.

　　There are eight people in a dormitory. Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei did not arrive early. A girl had already arrived before them.

　　She had cleaned the dormitory, and even the corners were exceptionally clean. She occupied the lower bunk by the window. Jiang Youtao put the bedding on the lower bunk opposite her, and Gu Nianwei's bed was side by side with hers.

　　It was winter now, so there was no need to draw the mosquito net, but the two of them worked hard to hang a curtain beside the bed, and the small bed instantly became two private spaces.

　　Shao Qing and Jian Rou were stunned for a moment, then quickly started to make the bedding for them, and the four of them worked together and quickly packed their luggage.

　　The first female student who arrived at the dormitory was stunned when she saw Jiang Youtao and the others draw the curtain beside the bed.

　　Jiang Youtao was the first to see her and immediately stood up to introduce herself: "Hello, classmate. My name is Jiang Youtao and I'm from Shencheng."

　　Gu Nianwei pulled aside the curtain and said, "I'm Gu Nianwei. I'm from the capital, but Taotao and I are both educated youth from the same place."

　　The female classmate came to her senses and said, "My name is Feng Yunyun, I'm from Qianzhou, and I'm also an educated youth who went to the countryside."

　　After the three of them exchanged their names, Jiang Youtao and the others left. The two of them went to the next room, and Xu Manqiu also made the bed and drew the curtains. She was the first student to arrive in their dormitory, and the room was full of dust. She was cleaning when Jiang Youtao and the others came.

　　Seeing this, Jiang Youtao and the others also helped to clean up. After they finished cleaning, they went downstairs.

　　Their dormitory was on the second floor, not high, just a few steps down. Fu Shaohua and the others were already waiting downstairs. This morning had passed extremely quickly, and it was almost noon now, so it was time to eat.

　　As the host, Fu Shaohua's father Fu Wenyan had already discussed with Shao Qing to take Jiang Youtao and the others to taste the special food of the capital .

　　So they took Jiang Youtao and others to Wangfujing, where the roast duck is world-famous.

　　It was also the first time for Shao Qing and others to eat here. After finding a seat in the hall and sitting down, Shao Qing started pouring water for the younger ones.

　　The whole house is filled with the aroma of roast duck.

　　"I've wanted to try roast duck for a long time, but unfortunately I never had the chance." Shao Qing looked at the roast duck that was brought to the table in front by the waiter.

　　The reddish-brown roast duck slices are placed thinly on a white disk, and a plate of emerald green cucumbers and green onion shreds looks particularly eye-catching in this winter.

　　Fu Wenyan likes to eat meat, but he also loves vegetables, especially when winter is halfway through. After eating cabbage, tofu and potatoes for half the time, the sight of green makes people feel happy.

　　He took a sip of the water Shao Qing poured for him, then said, "Our country is developing really fast now. It's only been one or two years, and we have greenhouses for growing vegetables. I estimate that in another two years, the vegetables grown in these greenhouses will be available in thousands of households."

　　As the editor-in-chief of Capital Youth Daily, Fu Wenyan is much more informed about certain aspects than ordinary people.

　　Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei looked at each other blankly. Are vegetable greenhouses a product that should appear in this era?

　　Neither of them knew either.

　　In their memories, off-season vegetables and off-season fruits have become very common things. Normal people have never found out in which year these things appeared.

　　Just like buying pork, no one will find out how many years the pig has been raised.

　　Jiang Youtao and the other person picked up their tea and drank it, and ignored it.

　　Especially Jiang Youtao, this little world has been traveled through and reborn into a sieve. Even if China has an aircraft carrier that can fly into the sky tomorrow, Jiang Youtao will not be surprised.

　　Fu Shaoguo and Fu Shaohua grew up in the Fu family. They are very concerned about people's livelihood, and both of them have gone deep into the grassroots level. They have seen much more than Fu Wenyan, who has always stayed in the capital.

　　"I don't know whether this vegetable greenhouse cultivation technology is difficult to learn and whether it can be popularized. If it is easy to learn and popularize, people can earn more income." During the years when Fu Shaoguo went to the northwest, he was an educated youth sent to the countryside. The rural area where he lived was particularly difficult. In winter, not to mention vegetables, even drinking water became a problem.

　　That place is really hard, but the people are surprisingly simple and honest. Fu Shaoguo hopes that one day, the people there can also become rich.

　　If given the chance, Fu Shaoguo wants to go back and build that place, and Jian Rou shares the same idea as him.

　　Her family was sent down to the countryside and lived in a cowshed. But in that place, animals were much more important than people. The cowshed was built better than a decent family's house, and was protected from the wind, rain and sun.

　　The people in the village did not discriminate against them. Apart from the self-criticism they were required to write once a week, the village cadres did not torture them on other days.

　　Even after knowing that her grandfather was an old Red Army soldier, they were still very close to them.

　　It's just that the climate there is really bad, and her father and grandfather are not in good health.

　　Fu Wenyan shook his head: "I'm afraid it won't be popular for the time being. The cost is still too high. We have to wait a little longer."

　　Shao Qing has full confidence in the country: "It doesn't matter if we wait, as long as it can be popularized in the end."

　　The waiter came up and served the roast duck and pancakes so thin that you could see through them first. Then came the capital's specialties that Fu Shaohua ordered: shredded pork with Beijing sauce, braised pork, stir-fried liver, and donkey rolls and pea yellow for dessert.

　　The dishes were served bowl by bowl, with large portions and exquisite presentation. Take Beijing-style shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce for example, there was so much shredded pork that that one plate had to be split into three plates and sold in later generations.

　　The table was filled with dishes, and the last dish served was soup made from the roast duck bones.

　　"Come on, come on, let's eat, let's eat." Shao Qing greeted everyone.

　　Everyone reached out their chopsticks to the roast duck. Fu Shaohua and Jiang Youtao demonstrated: "Dip the roast duck in the sauce and spread it on the pancake, add some shredded green onion and cucumber, and put it in your mouth."

　　Jiang Youtao knows how to eat Peking duck. After all, in the era of information explosion in the future, there are all kinds of videos, but she still watches it seriously.

　　After Fu Shaohua demonstrated, he wrapped one for her. Xu Manqiu was already stuffing the wrapped roast duck meat into her mouth, imitating him.

　　The first thing you'll taste is the salty sauce, the toughness of the pancake, the spicy scallion, and the crispy cucumber. Finally, you can taste the roast duck. The duck skin is very crispy and sizzles with oil when you bite it, and the duck meat is very tender. This bite has distinct layers of flavors, but they don't dominate.

　　Jiang Youtao ate with a smile on her face and nodded repeatedly: "Delicious, delicious."

　　Afterwards, Jiang Youtao ate Beijing-style shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce. It was also a dish with shredded cucumber and green onion, but the taste was completely different. The Beijing-style shredded pork with sweet and sour sauce was slightly sweet, and the shredded pork was covered with thick sauce.

　　Then came the braised pork and fried liver. The two dishes had different tastes but were both delicious. Jiang Youtao liked to eat animal offal and was very fond of these two dishes.

　　The pea yellow and donkey rolls are also very good.

　　Everyone devoured the food in no time, finishing the entire table with nothing left. The duck bone soup was also shared among everyone, with a bowl filled to the brim.

　　After finishing the meal, Fu Wenyan and the others were about to go back. Before leaving, Shao Qing held Jiang Youtao's hand and repeatedly told her, "Capital University is not far from home. You can go there when you don't have classes. When you want to eat something, ask Shaohua to go home and tell me, and I'll make it for you."

　　Shao Qing left very worriedly, and Fu Shaohua stayed. Everyone in his family had their own job. Fu Shaoguo and Jian Rou worked in the supply and marketing cooperative and the other in the vegetable market, respectively. Both were particularly good jobs among the people at that time.

　　He was alone when he got home, it would be more interesting for him to be here with his girlfriend.

　　There is still one week before school officially starts.

　　During this week, Jiang Youtao and Gu Nianwei were ready to go, their eyes shining.

　　Siheyuan!! They are coming!